The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1928, Page 6

FE et ete rn te Page Six ~ \ IE DAILY WO Qo eS ee x yy ff SS ) { RKER, N Daily, Except Sunday $3 First Street, New York, N. Y Phone, Orchard 1680 1 (outside of New York): year £3.50 six months $2.00 three montHs. Mail (in New $3.00 per year $4 $2.50 three months THE ew York, N. Y. Editor... SESE NE Re é as .-ROBERT MINOR Assistant Edi ..WM. F. DUNNE a 8 e at New York, N. Y¥., under +:€@ 88 second-class mail the 1879. Another “Smoke-Filled Room” Colonel Osler just walked in and forced Colonel Stewart to take $759,000 in bond Colonel Stewart didn’t think he was en- titled to the money and protested “I don’t care to have any of these profits.” But Osler was firm, He bulldozed poor Stewart, president of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, and tyrannically compelled him to receive the three-quarters of a million dollars in bonds. Stewart did not think to ask Osler where the funds came from, and he didn’t give a eipt for them. He didn’t make even a memorandum of the date on which he received the bonds—in fact he didn’t even open the pé ge, and when afterward he wrote a document pertaining to the subject, he did it with a pencil so as not to have to trust a stenographer. But there couldn’t have been anything dishonest about it, because Stewart didn’t ask where the three-quarters of a million came from. This idiotic tale is the explanation which Thomas J. Walsh, Standard Oil servant from Montana, is now putting over publicly to account for the huge corruption which Coolidge now holds office and which affects his entire cabinet as participants or ac- complices to the swindle. John D. Rockefeller jr., who is the owner of Senator Walsh, and who is now clearly as deep in the affair as Harry Sinclair (but who is bigger atid therefore “holier” than Sincla: s being protected from the “investigation” by the “investigators.” Rockefeller was put on the stage by Walsh to strike a “holier- than-thou” pose, and the capitalist press bowed down to worship Rockefeller as the one outstanding representative of “honesty in business.” Rockefeller publicly “disapproved” of Stewart’s refusal to give information as to the whereabouts of the three-quarters of a million of Continental oil graft—but a few days later saw to it that Stewart was elected chairman of the board of driectors of the Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. While Rocke- feller was taking the holy pose on the witness stand, and while Walsh, his servant, and head of the “investigation,” was grovell- ing before the saintly Rockefeller, the three-quarters of a million in graft funds were lying in the safe of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. For public consumption Rockefeller scolded Stewart, then in private permitted Stewart to be elected to head the Rockefeller properties in the Indiana corporation. After Sin- clair was safely acquitted through a framed-up trial, Rockefeller’s man Stewart comes forth with his childish tale as an explanation of the gigantic government graft. And Walsh himself stepped over the heads of the other mem- cf the committee to provide Stewart’a legal way “out” from | GET ’EM OUT! THE DAILY WORKER Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'N, Inc, | class, can obtain their libert Defense for their liberation. : y only if the workers join the By P. FRANKFELD. The second Brookwood Labor Youth Conference will take place May 5 and 6 at the Irving Plaza, in New York. This conference will be a further con- tinuation of the discussion started at Brookwood on December 30 and 31 of last year. Altho we demanded more action and less discussion at the time of the first youth institute, neverthe- less we recognized and realized the the danger of prosecution for his earlier refusal to testify. Of course the tale that Walsh is fabricating through this manipulation of the “investigation” is intended to. protect all the bribe-givers, be-tak and general swindlers as well as the chief of the oil ring, n Coolidge. Of course the committee of senators is fabricating a huge his- torical lie of childish ridiculousness. The “investigation” farce has reached a new stage. It is quite evident that both the republican and the democratic parties are to be protected and have agreed on this swindle to save the high and mighty grafters, both politicians and corporation heads. How could it be othe e with both Andrew W. Mellon and John D. Rockefeller Jr. involved? The political servants of the differ- ent groups of corporation interests have come to an agreement under the orders of Rockefeller and Mellon. Walsh, Rockefeller’s servant, has stirred up nothing but whitewash. The corruption which the senate pretends to investigate had its starting point in the famous “smoke-filled room in a Chicago hotel at 2 a. m.”—at the conference by the aid of which Harding, Coolidge, Sinclair, Jess Smith, Harry Daugherty, Jake Hamon, Albert B. Fall, Andrew W. Mellon and Rockefeller started these two wonderful administrations of the government of the United States. 4 The “investigation” of the corruption has come to an end in another “smoke-filled room” in the senate building. The agree- ment reached there is just as foul with corruption as the huge swindle of 1920, through the proceeds of which Harding and Coolidge bought their election. This is capitalist government. This is the rule of the cap- italist class. The servants “investigate” their masters and find | them innocent. TENANTS ORGANIZING FOR RENT PROTECTION The last meeting of tenants under the auspices of the Harlem Tenants’ League was attended. by a strong delegation from the Academy Tenants’ Association, The president of this association, Mrs, Lucile Zeumer, in a spirited address told of the struggle¢z rv xe me “Ow for the extension of the New York jing the hearing on the ellings law Mets Rinérgency Rent bill which provided standards of get health and safety, all the wealth in- These laws would neve a , terests, chambers of commerce and extended but for the persi bndurtanks ;. Be chant associ realty associations massed their for- oO ‘ ants ass ces to defeat it. The hypocrisy is too the extension bill h i 7 i 7 5 thin. We all know they want profits covers artments betw F ; Pe Be ems oer’ and still more profits. Their inter- fgg y ests are directly opposed to the in- months only, This 1 % wi: aap, | terests of the tenants who want bet- of tenants will be faced with) ;,,. h 1 : es and rent raises next De- SO eee fs | Organization Is Slogan. “The proper interests will strug- gle agains ry move to improve of the tenants. We our power to save our- rent profiteering We must build the} ie to protect | . Only the or- signed, it n $10 and for -six » must not be lulled to sleep by| temporary ga‘n, but must re- e our efforts to build our ten organizations, } Zeumer; gs “Por it is the or ized po ‘ xf the tenants which is respected by| Harlem Ter Veg s and officials. The need) our homes and families ro’ 11 tenants’ organiations is| ganized, mass power and militant greater than ever.” | struggle of the tenants and workers “Profiteering landlordism is a pile sri) avail to protect them agninst Jar of prostitution,” said Miss Grace| ruthless exploitation and oppression. P. Campbell, vice-president of the| ‘Every tenant a member’ is our glo Harlem Tenants’ League. gan. We are resolved to rouse and “We are oppressed by powerful and] organize the tenants to fight this ruthless forces which are not in the| oppression to a finish.” least concerned about the health, re The Harlem Tenants’ League meets als or welfare of the masses of the| every first and third Monday evening people,” said Richard B, Moore, presi-| in the Public Library, 103 W. 135th dent of the Harlem Tenants’ League.i St. 7 ns for fact that these conferences were still in their first stages—and as far as American labor was concerned, was a real step forward. However, to have seen only the positive sides of such discussions, and not to have taken a critical attitude at the same time and demand and point out the necessity of starting actual organi- zation of the unorganized young work- ers would have been tantamount to yielding to vague and vacillating the- ories and leaders who do not know where they are headed for. The discussions are divided up into several parts; Firstly, A. J. Muste will report on findings of First La- bor Youth Institute. Secondly, facts about young workers in industry: numbers, distribution, conditions by Tom Tippett. ‘Thirdly: Legislation affecting conditions\and status of young workers by Lefkowitz. The question of unionization of young workers is divided into 3 sub- divisions: a) In miscellaneous trades fuch as laundry workers, candy workers, paper box makers, etc.— Rose Schneiderman; b) in mass. in- dustries such as textiles, steel, auto- mobiles—C. Miller; c) in skilled industries such as biulding, printing, ete., speaker to be announced. Saposs will report on young work- ers in. the union and their organi- zational, recreational, and educational activities. In conclusion, there wilt be a discussion on how to spread the message of this conference. It is of significance to us as left- wingers and Communists to know that C. Miller, former president of the Plumbers’ Helpers Union, will report on organizing the young workers in mass industries. The plumbers help- ‘ers have long been fighting for ad- gh a” iw We og Y, APRIL 26,4928 mission in the union. The helpers have expressed not only desires to be organized, but showed the finest of fighting spirit during the plumbers strike in Brooklyn, and then later in the lockout of the plumbers that took place last year. They did not scab on the plumbers. The helpers—95 per cent of whom are. youths—took their stand solidly with the adult workers. Now—and yet—they are still maintaining their organization and have not been recognized by the officials of the plumbers union. The tasks of the youth conference are: 1) the discussions must be sum- marized into concrete form in the form of adoption of resolutions on methods of organizing the young workers in the miscellaneous trades; in basic industries on the question of education; sports; and on making the unions more attractive to the youth. These resolutions should be sent out to every local and central body in the A. F. of L. 2) Unlike the last conference, where a. very vague and unofficial committee was set up, this conference must elect a - | the. nece: — By Fred Ellis Tom Mooney in San Quentin prison and Warren Billings in Folsom prison, suffering twelve years for the working mass movement now being organized by the International Labor ° 4 | regular and official committee re- presenting trade unions and youth delegates from the shops. This com- mittee ‘must proceed to carry out the decisions of the youth conference on jorganizing the unorganized young workers. 8) The conference should issue a call to all unorganized youth, greeting them, and pointing out that this conference has laid the basis for their actual organization into the trade union movement of America. The statement should also point out salty and benefits of unioni- zation. The statement should be dis- tributed to all the young workers jn the factories, mills, etc. 4) Im- mediate preparations and steps must be taken right in New York City to organize a generul working youth conference within a period of two months to ten weeks. The central trades and labor council must be ap- proached to endorse and co-operate with this attempt to organize the young workers. The question of juris- diction can be solved by having repres- entatives from the different locals in- volved on the organization committee. Aided in Sacco Murder, Loses His $5,000 Job BOSTON, (FP) April 25.—Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of motor ve- hicles and conspicuous leader in the hymn of hate against Sacco and. Van- zetti last summer, has lost his $5,000 state job. He had a run-in with the marble-eyed Governor Fuller and now he is out—selling autos and wonder- ing how it all happened. Goodwin played the game of the patrioteers while the Sacco-Vanzetti case was on the front page of news- papers from Maine to Melbourne. While the case was before Fuller for final determination, Goodwin libelled both labor men in a speech before the | Lawrence Kiwanis Club. Speaking on } “Sacco and Vanzetti and the Red Peril,” he dragged in bolshevism, | companionate marriage, birth control and other choice bogeys of the old ladies of the D. A. R. He demanded the electric chair for the anarchists: Later he admitted to a fellow state employe that knew nothing whatever about the case. Goodwin’s speech was concocted by the Keymen of America, a labor-bait- ing outfit. Pamphlets containing the speech were printed by the thousands for the use of the Industrial Defense Association which also makes labor- baiting pay. Gunning Agents OTTAWA, Ont, April 25.—The Canadian government will lodge a protest with the United States gov- ernment regarding the danger to Canadian citizens from bulléts be- lieved to have been fired by Ameri- can federal officers operating under the Volstead act. Tasks of the Labor Youth Conference 5) Special mass meetings of unorgan- ized young workers should be held. 6) All working class youth organiza- tions should be-drawn into this work and their support and aid solicited and obtained. Must Have Results. These in brief are some of the tasks of the conference, and after the conference. We must have something more than mere talk result from this youth conference. The left wing and | the Communists must see to it that! some progressive steps are taken at the conference to help organize the young workers. The left wing, to- gether with the progressives, must | make this the starting point for an} organization campaign. The A. F. of | L. bureaucracy is unwilling and un-! lable to unionize the youth. If the progressives present at the labor youth ‘conference fail to go beyond the stage of mere mouthing of empty phrases, then the left wing and the Communists will be faced with the problem of going out and achieving! the tremendous task of organizing the young workers by themselves. Lewis Big Help to Company Unions in Missouri Mines By HUGO OEHLER. Conditions in the Missouri and Iowa coal fields are the fruits of the Lewis policy and could not have de- veloped under left wing leadership. Without doubt the driving force at present is the economic situation but the pilot that is leading the miners’ organization on the rocks is Lewis. The dual union (company union) and the operators, together are crowding out the United Mine Workers more each day. Thi& dual union is more than that, it is a weapon of the operators that is spreading and consolidating its forces over the southwest. It is a variety of the company union that the Lewis machine is competing with to serve the operators. Why accuse the Lewis machine of giving birth to! such a son? Would the Lewis ma- chine be so stupid as to allow this? Let us see, Result of Lewis Policies. First the Lewis machine stabbed the miners of the southwest in the back when Howat and the Kansas miners were fighting the Kansas In- dustrial Court Law. This treachery weakened this section and bore fruit | Later the separate | agreement policy of the Lewis ma-' for the operators, chine further weakened this field. The representatives of the operators and the miners of the southwest meeting pany-union. | A defeated district president, a sep- arate agreement, a demoralized union. jforee gave Helms the basis to start |a dual union of miners at Lexington, |Missouri, The Consolidated Sales |Company, owners of the four=mfnes jat Lexington, South, East, West -and Woodward, ‘a subsidiary-of the Mis- souri Pacific, decided that the miners ditions, issued by them in the book on wages and working conditions. A yellow dog contract! Form Company Union. The company ‘decided to push the workers further. Helms. formed a union, made a compromise, signed a contract with the company to end Jonah and the Whale--1928 | Slowly, relentlessly, the steel | pounds in an endless rhythm, and the b’ne jaws open t and snap shut again, ' open and snap shut again : open....and....snap shut... And Jonah the feeder stands before it machine again... throwing gaudy cloth into its jaws | | when it opens, taking out pulp H when it opens again, throwing gaudy cloth in its yawning mouth when it opens again; i again, again,....again.... , and you will never know the one from’ the other. ~ But Jonah is human: his thoughts outside the factory are those of every man; Which is the man and which the machine? Dress Jonah up in a steel-blue suit jis thinking and seems to be ready to, |not even nominated. The miners had | in Kansas City last fall signed a sep-' he hopes, and in his eyes arate agreement until April, which } again strengthened the operators. i In Missouri there are over 9,000} coal miners and today less than 3,000 | are organized in the U. M. W. A.| Lewis has capitulated to the dual | union and so far has failed to check | its advance, Now the rank and file | cannot dim. and turns around to see, it opens its yawning jaws x and Jonah is caught! act, The Lewis henchman of the dis- trict, Helm, in the last election was | learned to know him. He had been) an official for 12 years and was also | a friend of the Nelson, Paterson, | Rivers labor gang of Kansas City. | Removed from the payroll, this faker | continued to serve his real masters, | the operators, just as Farrington con- | tinues to serve the operators. Helm! acts now as an official of the com-} t it is bloody pulp, gaudy ond horrible. is @ sparkle that even the machine There is happiness which is not his but which he dreams of. Jonah hears a woman's voice forgetting the machine and the gay bright cloth. But the machine never forgets; (The machine camtot distinguish cloth from a man.) ° ~ It opens, and Jonah is its food this time; ii snaps shut again, and spits out pulp. But the pulp this time is not of cloth, — — us lokanaan’s head was gaudy, and the blue jaws open and snap shut again, open and snap shut again, open....and....snap shut....again.... \Sept., 1929, and then furnished scabs. 'The initiation of the dual union set up is $2.00, the dues are 50 cents. The contract gives the diggers $1.03 a ton, and outside men $5.00. The U. M, W. A. refused such an offer }s0 Helms and his company union fill ithe bill. No checkweighmen.are per- mitted and the Pit Committee takes grievances to the president of the company and the “union,” together they “arbitrate” and decide. The whole scheme is nothing but a form of the company union, with the com- pany in full control of the union. Helms is the secretary-treasurer of the organization, called the Indepen- dent Mine Workers of Lexington, Mo., with about six hundred members to- day. ie dual union signed up ac- cepting a 30 per cent wage reduc- tion. The former secretary of Local 171 is president of the dual union. __ Picket Mines. When the dual union furnished iscabs -last fall, the rank and file always gaping, always snapping formed a picket line, met these men at the gates and turned them back and kept down coal production. The war was on, A temporary restraining order was issued and three days later Judge EDWIN ROLPS, z ‘\ficials of the union are’ of the Lewis Otis of Kansas City issued an injunc- tion against the Lexington miners and today three such injunctions stand over the U. M. W. A. heads in Missouri. -The local business men lined up - |with the company dual union. Stabs were deputized and later business men also were called into service to rotect these miners from the U. M. Wy. A. rank and file. --By this time, Mayor Minor, a min- er, elected by the miners, issued in- formation that he would arm two miners to every scak ahd business man. This brought on a conference for peace by the chamber of com- ~|merce.. Three representatives from this. body, three from the business men and three miners’ officials, the r two others, were chos- mittee. Such a commit- tee in the first place is stacked to |favor the operators and when the of- type it is still worse. This is what happened: They kicked out Helm and * \ got another Lewis man. At the con- ference through the militancy of the business men and the weak action of the officials the mayor was made the goat. Today the mayor who was true to the workers, now thinks less of the U. M. W. A. and is working in the mines as a member of the dual union. Negro Miners, Good Union Men. Many of the miners at Lexington are Negroes. Good union men too! When the strike was called the city officials who had influence, saw to it that the public work was.not given to Negroes and kept them out of other work, This drove many of them into the ranks of the dual union for they were starving and needed food. Also, Helm put two of them in as officers of the dual union and such tactics west of the Mississippi. It is up to Now many of the Negroes are in the dual union and lots are still fighting with the U. M. W. A. Three miners who were imprisoned for picketing for a month find one of their num- ber a loyal Negro worker. Join Up Company Unions. The latest move of the bosses is the amalgamation of the dual unions of the nearby states into one union. The United Brotherhood Miners of! Centerville, Towa, that controls Ap- panose county'and has contacts with the operators, has joined with the Lexington Independent Mine Work- ers and together with the memt-r- ship in Lexington, Novinger, Bevier, Mo., and Appanose County, Towa, to- taling over 2,500 members, has form- ed the Southwestern Mine Workers| of Ameri This is a move of the! Southwestern Coal Operators’ Asso-| ciation for the Iowa union was a com-. pany dual union and the Lexington’ union with Helm was also a company union. Both worked scabs both signed contracts for lower pay, etc. This dual company union, the South- western Mine Workers of America, has the full support of the operators, the press and the capitalists, The operators are confident the company union will spread through the states west of the Mississippi. It is up to the rank and file of the U. M. W. A. have to agree to the wage con- with the and -the left wing to get busy stamp out this new mi Lewis